Patna High Court

Ravi Kumar @ Rabi Kumar @ Dr. Ravi KumarversusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 17 February 2026
Disposal: BAIL GRANTED
Bench: SANDEEP KUMAR

Holding

Bail is granted to the petitioner subject to the payment of the balance settlement amount and compliance with the conditions of Section 438(2) of the CrPC.

Summary

The petitioner, Ravi Kumar, feared arrest in a criminal case (Manjhi P.S. Case No. 207 of 2022) filed under Sections 406 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code. Both the petitioner and the informant submitted that the dispute had been settled, with the petitioner agreeing to pay Rs. 3,15,000 to the second opposite party, of which Rs. 1,57,500 had already been paid. A mediation report from the Patna High Court Mediation Centre supported the settlement. The petitioner sought bail, offering a bail bond of Rs.10,000 with two sureties and proposing to furnish a demand draft for the balance amount at surrender. Justice Sandeep Kumar ordered that bail be granted subject to the stipulated conditions, including the payment of the balance amount to the opposite party and compliance with Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Issues considered

Whether bail should be granted in a case involving alleged offences under Sections 406 and 420 IPC when the parties have settled the dispute.
Whether the conditions imposed under Section 438(2) of the CrPC are sufficient to justify the grant of bail.

Legislation cited

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — s. 438(2), 482
Indian Penal Code — s. 406, 420

Subjects

bail
settlement
IPC 406
IPC 420
CrPC 438
mediation
Saran district

Judgment

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.32809 of 2025
                         Arising Out of PS. Case No.-207 Year-2022 Thana- MANJHI District- Saran
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                 Ravi Kumar @ Rabi Kumar @ Dr. Ravi Kumar S/o Yogeshwar Manjhi @
                 Jugeshwar Manjhi R/o Village- Lohri, P.S.- Chapra Muffasil, District- Saran

                                                                                    ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                        Versus
           1.    The State of Bihar
           2.    Laxmi Manjhi S/O - Baijnath Manjhi, R/V - Manjhipur, P.S. - Manjhi,
                 District - Saran

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :        Mr.Harish Kumar, Advocate
                 For the State            :        Mr.Abhay Kumar Roy, APP
                 For the Informant        :        Mr. Vijay Kumar, Advocate
                 ======================================================
                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR
                                       ORAL ORDER

5   17-02-2026                   Heard learned counsel for the petitioner;                   learned

                   A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for the informant.

                                2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in connection

                   with Manjhi P.S. Case No. 207 of 2022 instituted under

                   Sections 406 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code.

                                3. Learned counsel for the petitioner and learned

                   counsel for the informant has jointly submitted that the parties

                   have settled their disputes and petitioner has agreed to pay an

                   amount of Rs. 3,15,000/- to the opposite party no. 2 out of

                   which Rs. 1,57,500/- has already been paid to the opposite

                   party no. 2 and the rest of the amount shall be paid to the

                   opposite party no. 2 at the time of surrender and furnishing of
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                     bail bonds. A mediation report has been received from the

                     Patna High Court Mediation Centre.

                                  4. Accordingly, in the event of arrest or surrender

                     before the Court below within six weeks from today, the

                     petitioner, above named, be released on bail upon furnishing

                     bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the

                     like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial

                     Magistrate, 1st Class, Chapra, Saran/ concerned Court in

                     connection with Manjhi P.S. Case No. 207 of 2022, subject to

                     the conditions laid down in Section 482 of the BNSS/ 438(2) of

                     the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

                                  5. The bail bonds of the petitioner shall be accepted

                     subject to the condition that the petitioner shall furnish a

                     demand draft of the balance amount which shall be handed over

                     to the opposite party no. 2/ informant in the Court below.


                                                                          (Sandeep Kumar, J)

P. Kumar

U     T

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